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Michigan Family Succeeds in Stopping Organ Donation
A Michigan state judge halted the harvesting of organs from a patient declared “brain dead,” in a case that highlights the shortcomings of organ...
Life, Liberty, Property #55: Stocks Hit Record Highs on Fed Announcement
Life, Liberty, Property #55: stocks hit record highs on Fed announcement that it is planning three interest rate cuts, sometime later this year.
by S.T....
Would I Receive an Organ Transplant? – Commentary
By Heidi Klessig, M.D.
Would I ever receive an organ transplant?
I have often addressed this question in my lectures and videos on the ethics of...
Stop, Don’t Take My Organs – Book Review
Harvesting organs and the ethical questions it raises.
Review of The Brain Death Fallacy, Heidi Klessig, M.D. (Good Samaritan Books), 2023, 178 pages, ISBN 9798863485003...
Doctors Make Strides in Treating Infants with Genetic Disorders
A debate under the umbrella of reproductive health is heating up regarding unborn children diagnosed with genetic disorders and whether their cases are as...
Fetal Tissue Experiments Under Federal Investigation
The alleged illegal harvesting of body parts from late-term aborted babies at the University of Pittsburgh (UP) is at the center of a two-year-old...
Patients Lose Life to Donate Organs
News articles of deaths from tragic circumstances recently have mentioned how the victims became organ donors.
Patients must exhibit signs of life for hospitals to...
Unresolved Issue: When Are You Dead?
A non-profit organization that drafts model legislation for state legislatures met to change the definition of clinical death.
During its annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii,...
Procedure to Harvest Live Organs Raises Red Flags
“I really believe if we hadn’t been pouring all our time, money, and research dollars into the current unethical system, I think we would have found better solutions for people, such as augmenting the heart or providing an artificial one."
Doctors Have a Macabre Way of Harvesting Organs – Commentary
It is critical that patients receive a full explanation of the many ethical questions involved in organ harvesting before giving their informed consent.
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Assembly-Line Medicine Weakens Doctor-Patient Relationships, Patients’ Health – Interview
Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage...
Yes, Vote, but Resist the Political Illusion with Elections- Commentary
By John Stonestreet and Glenn Sunshine
Though all elections have consequences—some more than others—they are moments in time. As such, they reflect more than they...
Guidebook Helps Seniors Avoid Costly Mistakes During Medicare Enrollment
Medicare’s annual enrollment period has begun and to help seniors make decisions they will not regret, the non-profit policy organization, the Citizens' Council for...
